Category Archives: recommended

Review : My brother Nikhil

Posted on July 12, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2005 Running time : About 2 hours Director : Onir Cast : Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Purab Kohli, Lillette Dubey, Victor Banerjee, Gautam Kapoor, Shweta Kawaatra, Peeya Rai Chaudhary, Dipannita Sharma, … Continue reading →

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Review : Paheli

Posted on July 6, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Good (4.35/5) Genre : All-in-one Year : 2005 Running time : 139 minutes Director : Amol Palekar Cast : Sharukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Anumpam Kher, Juhi Chawla, Aditi Govitrikar, Amitabh Bachhan PAHELI : Sheer poetry ! Amol Palekar’s … Continue reading →

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Review : Hazaron khwaishen aisi

Posted on June 20, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Good (3.9/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2005 Director : Sudhir Mishra Running time : 2 hrs Cast : Shiney Ahuja, Chitrangada Singh, Kaykay Menon HAZAARON KHWAISHEN AISI : The do-gooders and the fixers HKA, a Pritish Nandy … Continue reading →

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Review : Parineeta

Posted on June 10, 2005 by amodini

This is a good, moderately-paced, story-based entertainer. Not the urban, slick film of the modern world, this old-ish tale still keeps the viewer engrossed. Continue reading →

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Review : Dil pe mat le yaar

Posted on June 2, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2000 Running time : 149 minutes Director : Hansal Mehta Cast : Manoj Bajpai, Tabu, Saurabh Shukla, Divya Jagdale, Aditya Srivastav Music : Vishal Bhardwaj DIL PE MAT LE YAAR : … Continue reading →

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Review : Maqbool

Posted on June 2, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Excellent (4.75/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2004 Director : Vishal Bharadwaj Cast : Irfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri MAQBOOL : Well-enacted gangster drama Borrowing from “Macbeth” this intriguing drama tells the story of … Continue reading →

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Review : Bunty aur Babli

Posted on June 1, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : All-in-one Year : 2005 Running time : About 3 hrs Director : Shaad Ali Sahgal Cast : Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachhan, Abhishek Bachhan, Raj Babbar, Rameshwari, Ranjeet, Prem Chopra, Ravi Baswani, Kiran Joneja, Puneet … Continue reading →

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Hinglish films

Posted on May 25, 2005 by amodini

Hinglish films : This is a slightly ambigous “genre” so to speak, and encompasses a broad range of films like English films made in India, which are a hodge-podge of English and Hindi. Then there are the diaspora films, which … Continue reading →

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Review : Zubeida

Posted on May 24, 2005 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00005KIUM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Good (3.75/5) Genre : Drama Year : 2001 Running time : 2 hrs and 30 minutes Director : Shyam Benegal Cast : Rekha, Manoj Bajpai, Karisma Kapoor, Lilette Dubey, Amrish Puri, Surekha Sikri … Continue reading →

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Review : Saathiya

Posted on May 13, 2005 by amodini

Rating : Very good (4.25/5) Genre : Romance Year : 2002 Director : Shaad Ali Music : A.R. Rehman Cast : Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Sandhya Mridul, Tanuja, Satish Shah, Sharat Saxena, Swaroop Sampat SAATHIYA : Romance with a touch … Continue reading →

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